ĐỀ ÔN THI TN NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 16 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH I. Read the article below and then put a cross on the letter that best fits each space. Galileo was one of the first modern scientists. He was (1) ________ in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. At first he studied philosophy. But (2) ________ he studied mathematics and astronomy. He was very interested (3) _________ the way the earth and other planets move around the sun. He found out several important (4) ________ about our world. He also started a new way of working in science. Galileo is famous (5) ________ his study of how things fall. He was the first person to (6) _________ experiments about this problem. Before him, people thought that heavy things always fell faster (7) _________ light things. He found out that this was not true. He took a heavy ball and a light ball and he (8) ________ them both from a high place. They fell (9) ________ the same speed. This meant that weight is not important. This is the law of falling bodies . It is an important law for (10) ________ our world. 1.a.burned b.known c.bored d.born 2.a.later b.latter c.late d.latest 3.a.with b.in c.on d.at 4.a.news b.information c.facts d.thought 5.a.with b.about c.in d.for 6.a.work b.do c.make d.build 7.a.than b.then c.as d.with 8.a.took b.dropped c.stopped d.topped 9.a.in b.with c.at d.on 10.a. making b.understanding c.dropping d.falling II. Combine the following pairs of sentences, using the second sentence as an adjective clause : 1. I must thank the people. I got a present from them. -_______________________________________________________ 2. The people were nice. We visited their house. -_______________________________________________________ 3. The town is small. I grew up there. -_______________________________________________________ 4. Yesterday I ran across an old friend. I hadn’t seen him for years. -_______________________________________________________ 5. 1960 is the year. The revolution took place then. -_______________________________________________________ 6. Mr. Lee teaches chemistry. I met him yesterday. -_______________________________________________________ 7. Martin speaks both Spanish and English . Her mother is Spanish. -_______________________________________________________ 8. I haven’t seen him since the year. They got married in that year. -_______________________________________________________ III. Supply the missing prepositions. 1. I think Celia is very angry ___________ me. 2. They went ahead contrary ___________ my advice. 3. He’s really ashamed ___________ what he did. 4. I can’t deal ___________ this problem. 5. He is looking forward ___________ meeting his friend 6. We’re excited ___________ the wedding. 7. This service is free ___________ charge. 8. I congratulate you ___________ your success. 9. London’s full ___________ tourists at the moment. 10. Ican’t compare my flat ___________ yours. IV. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets : 1. Yesterday at a restaurant, I (see) ___________ Pam, an old friend of mine. I (not, see) ___________ her for years. At first, I (not, recognize) ___________ her because she (lose) ___________ at least fifty pounds. 2. At least two hundred people were waiting in line (buy) ___________ tickets to the game. Some of them (stand) ___________ in line for more than four hours. We (decide) ___________ (not, try) ___________ (get) ___________ tickets for ourselves. 3. Million years ago, dinosaurs (roam) ________ the earth, but they (become) ___________ extinct by the time humankind first (appear) ___________ 4. - He (lose) __________ his job last month and since then he (be) _______ out of work. - Why (he lose) ____________ his job ? - Because he (be) ____________ very rude to his boss. 5. While I (have) ____________ breakfast at a restaurant yesterday, I (see) ____________ Jane. At first I (not recognize) ____________ her because she (lose) __________ at least fifty pounds. V. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed above it : 1. We finished the work in two hours.  It took ______________________________________________________ 2. To advertise this new kind of soap is necessary.  We find it ___________________________________________________ 3. I’m very pleased that I’ll go to London next week.  I’m looking __________________________________________________ 4. He started playing football five years ago.  He has ______________________________________________________ 5. Whose is the car? It’s parked outside.  Whose ______________________________________________________ 6. The room is going to be painted next week.  We _________________________________________________________ 7. We must finish those letters by 5 o’clock.  Those letters _________________________________________________ 8. Because of driving too fast, he caused a serious accident.  Because he __________________________________________________ 9. She wrote a letter in thirty minutes.  It __________________________________________________________ 10. Tom finds it difficult to meet people.  Tom has _____________________________________________________ 11. I expect that he will get there by lunch time.  I expect him _________________________________________________ 12. Keep quiet or I’ll scream.  Unless ______________________________________________________ 13. I regret speaking to him so severely yesterday.  I wish _______________________________________________________ 14. Unless he phones immediately, he won’t get any information.  If___________________________________________________________ 15. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.  If___________________________________________________________ 16. We didn’t have enough rain, so we could not grow rice.  If___________________________________________________________ 17. The sky was so clear that I could see millions of stars.  It was _______________________________________________________ 18. It was such a long homework that I couldn’t finish it.  The home work _______________________________________________ 19. It’s a long time since I last went to a football match.  I haven’t ____________________________________________________ 20. The last time I saw Dick was in 1985.  I haven’t ____________________________________________________ . ĐỀ ÔN THI TN NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 16 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH I. Read the article below and then put a cross on the letter that best. study of how things fall. He was the first person to (6) _________ experiments about this problem. Before him, people thought that heavy things always fell faster (7) _________ light things. He. that this was not true. He took a heavy ball and a light ball and he (8) ________ them both from a high place. They fell (9) ________ the same speed. This meant that weight is not important. This